The Sandfaced Pressed Facing Brick is a reddish purple ''pitted faced'' clay brick that tends to vary quite considerably in colour and has a coarse texture with numerous small indentations to one header and one stretcher face. Like most of the ''fletton'' range, it was widely used for domestic and commercial rebuilding, especially after the war. The sandfaced London light textured brick is a red, light textured, Fletton Pressed, London brick from Forterra available in size 102.5 x 215 x 65 mm. See our mortar range which complements this product.

Key Features

• Coarse pitted texture
• Dark purple hearting
• Frogged
• Coverage: 60 bricks per m² in single skin application

Technical Information

• Technical properties BS EN 771-1
• Compressive strength: 25N/mm²
• Water absorption: ≤23%
• Durability: F1
• Active soluble salts content: S2
• Size tolerance * (/range): T2 - R1
• Height: 65 mm
• Length: 215 mm
• Depth: 102 mm

Manufacturing Tolerance
Bricks are subject to many variances in colour and character in each individual brick, so we always recommend you work from 3-4 packs of bricks at a time in order to get the best natural colour mix.
Please note there is a 5% tolerance for breakages per pack.

Image Disclaimer
Images shown can give an example of the product's appearance but they may not be representative of the full range of colour and texture variations, which can occur in the product itself. The images on this website are provided for reference only and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a particular style of brick. Customers should view actual product samples before making a purchase decision.

If you would like to learn more about bricks and find answers to questions like 'what are facing bricks?' see our Types of Bricks guide page.